Days Until Wood Sign

I made a really fun Days Until wood sign.  The cardstock numbers are held on by cup hooks.

Harry Potter Party

I went to the $1 store and bought "science fair" folded cardboard displays.  I painted a large window and then painted bricks all around for most of them.  I glued a sign (one for each location in Hogsmeade) at the top center of the windows or on the bricks on the sides.  I love how they turned out.  Even my daughter helped paint the bricks.

At Madam Malkins we will make house flags and ties. 

At the Daily Prophet we play word games with these puzzles.  We will also make Shrink Dink charm bracelets.

At the Owl Post Office we will make light switch plates that say Lumos & Nox.

At Gringotts we will add hot glue to our dragon eggs.

At Olivanders we will make wands with dowels and hot glue.

At Zonkos we will make Pygmy Puffs.

At Honey Dukes we will make chocolate frogs and bee's

At the Three Broomsticks we will make Butter Beer with Cream Soda and Butterscotch topping mixed in.

We will take photos in the car that gets stuck in the willow

We will play cornhole Quiditch

Dobby will be standing in a corner.

Mandrakes

Huge Gingerbread Man Cookie Cutter

I made this huge gingerbread man cookie cutter out of yard edging that I found at a thrift store.  It is tin.  First I drew a picture of a gingerbread man on a large piece of paper(newsprint).  I bent the tin edging around the curves.  When it was finished it was too flimsy to hold its shape.  I then cut out of some old scrap paneling wood the same gingerbread shape with a jigsaw.  I stapled the tin gingerbread man cookie cutter to the wood gingerbread man.  I would love to find a roll of sheet metal that was 4 inches wide to make this but this will do.  I'm excited to display it.

Little Free Library

My son Garrett made 4 Little Free Libraries for his Eagle Scout Service Project.  He had lots of help building, assembling, and installing them.  His first LFL went into a rural town in MT.  We had a ribbon cutting ceremony with a speech, chocolate treats, & bookmarks to color. 

The LFL was cut using these plans modified to 17x17x20 to 27 (cut at a 90* angle). LFL instructions
We cut almost 2 LFL's out of one sheet of plywood.  We cut the roofs out of a scrap piece of plywood.  We are thrilled with how the LFL turned out.

Story Vignette

I love the saying "Every family has a story...welcome to ours"  and I also love barn quilts.  Really liking this vignette.

Pilgrims and Native Americans

These stand 3' tall and are ready for Thanksgiving.  Love how they turned out.

String Art

My kids made lots of string art and

enjoyed it all day long.

Montana sign

DIY Large Angel Wings

I made these large angel wings by first drawing a wing with its feathers on large newsprint paper.  I then traced onto wood (some old paneling that I had) and cut out with a jig saw. 

I then, from my drawing, cut out one layer at a time of the wings to use as a stencil and using a putty knife applied putty or drywall mud.  You can see my layers of putty on the photo. 

 When that dried I painted the wings black.  I then lightly painted white with a downward stroke to leave the details of the putty feathers. The bottom feathers I used a screwdriver to scrape lines in the white paint exposing the black underneath.  I love how they turned out.  It was also super easy.

Mail Sorter in Decoupage

Decoupage

I am loving decoupage.  I started by painting my items grey then added a second coat of white paint.  After it all dried I did decoupage. 

My directions for decoupage are to cut out your image close to the edge but not necessary to cut right on the edge of your image. 

Glue the image on upside down on your item with Mod Podge.  Be sure to remove any bubbles.

When it had dried a few hours run water over your image until the image shows through.  Rub with your finger over the paper rubbing off the paper but leaving the image to your item.

  When dried after about 10 minutes paint a layer of ModPodge over your image and let dry.  I love this.  My images came from Graphics Fairy.

Framed Medallions

With directions from artsychicksrule I made these framed medallions but added frames.  I love how they turned out.

Updated Shabby Dresser

I removed most of the nasty paint with paint remover then used steel wool to clean it up a lot.  I sanded it a little bit and added beautiful knobs from Hobby Lobby.  I love how it turned out.

Monogram Wreath

The background wood came from Walmart as well as the monogram letter M.  The berries I had and stapled to the sides of the letter M. I stained the letter M.  Love how this turned out.

Bear,Bison, & Deer Wood Sign

 

Wood signs that I made.